Blair Atholl railway station

Blair Atholl railway station is a railway station serving the town of Blair Atholl, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Highland Main Line. The station was opened by the Inverness and Perth Junction Railway on 9 September 1863 and is located at the northern end of the single track portion of the route from Stanley Junction. Beyond here the line is double track as far as Dalwhinnie.[2] The station is 35 miles 9 chains (56.5 km) from Perth, and has a passing loop 35 chains (700 m) long, flanked by two platforms. Platform 1 on the up (southbound) line can accommodate trains having seven coaches, whereas platform 2 on the down (northbound) line can hold eleven. The passing loop continues towards Inverness as double-track line.[3]

Blair Atholl
Scottish Gaelic: Blàr Athall[1]
General view, looking south
Location
PlaceBlair Atholl
Local authorityPerth and Kinross
Coordinates56.7653°N 3.8496°W / 56.7653; -3.8496
Grid referenceNN870652
Operations
Station codeBLA
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 16,062
2015/16 16,652
2016/17 17,598
2017/18 19,802
2018/19 21,008
History
1863Opened
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Blair Atholl from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

One of the first visitors to the station was Queen Victoria who arrived in a Royal Train on 15 September 1863 on a visit to Blair Castle to see George Murray, 6th Duke of Atholl who was very ill.[4]

The disused goods yard and associated pointwork still exist, though overgrown. The goods yard is located next to the northbound platform.

Services

8 northbound and 6 southbound services (including one that originates here) call on weekdays & Saturdays, along with the Caledonian Sleeper to and from London Euston (pickup only southbound Sunday to Friday, set down only northbound Mondays to Saturdays). A reduced service operates on Sundays.[5]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Pitlochry   London North Eastern Railway
Sundays, Southbound Only
Highland Main Line		   Newtonmore
Pitlochry   Abellio ScotRail
Highland Main Line		   Dalwhinnie or
Newtonmore or
Kingussie
Pitlochry   Caledonian Sleeper
Highland Caledonian Sleeper		   Dalwhinnie
  Historical railways  
Killiecrankie
Line open; station closed		   Highland Railway
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway		   Black Island Platform
Line open; station closed
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References
  1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Railscot - Inverness and Perth Junction Railway Crawford, Ewan; Railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 11 August 2016
  3. Brailsford 2017, map 19B.
  4. "The Queen at Blair Athole". Daily Review (Edinburgh). Scotland. 17 September 1863. Retrieved 14 August 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. Table 229 National Rail timetable, May 2016


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